Zhou Yan saw where these sounds were coming from and discovered a dark cave entrance on the distant cliff.
The cave was very large, estimated to be about ten meters high. Zhou Yan, who was about 1.75 meters tall, looked up from below the cave entrance. He saw that the entire circumference of the cave was lined with blades. These blades gleamed coldly, making one's heart tremble just looking at them.
"This is where I will die, and I will wait here for you to take my treasure," a voice said.
At this moment, Zhou Yan saw a ball of black mist emerge from the dark cave entrance.
This black mist completely enveloped the person, and then Zhou Yan saw the person slowly disappear. The black mist also gradually thinned, finally vanishing into the air as if it had never appeared.
Zhou Yan stood at the edge of the cliff, looking at the dark cave entrance. He hesitated for a moment before walking towards it.
As he approached the cave entrance, a blinding red light shone into his face. The red light illuminated Zhou Yan's face, making him feel a searing heat, but it wasn't excruciatingly painful.
After Zhou Yan adjusted to the red light, he finally saw the scene inside the cave entrance. It looked like an altar. In the center of the altar was a stone platform, and on the platform was an oil lamp. The oil lamp was extinguished, but something else was still lit.
"What is this thing?"
Zhou Yan looked at the oil lamp and then prepared to walk towards the stone platform. However, after only a few steps, he felt a chilling cold air surge towards him, making his whole body tremble.
"Hiss...!"
Zhou Yan took a deep breath and continued to the front of the stone platform. At this moment, Zhou Yan saw three indentations on the platform. Below these three indentations were three round beads. These three beads were bluish-green, with one being blue and the other two being yellow and red.
"Could those two jade pendants be the keys here?"
Zhou Yan looked at the three beads, thinking to himself.
But Zhou Yan didn't act immediately. He observed his surroundings.
After finding no danger, he bent down, tied the ropes beside the stone platform around himself, then grabbed the ropes with his hands and began to climb.
"Huff, huff~"
Zhou Yan's breathing became increasingly rapid because the gravity here was much stronger than outside. Although the rope secured him, he still needed to exert all his strength to climb slowly.
Finally, he reached the top of the stone platform. He looked at the three beads before him, feeling a surge of excitement.
He immediately picked up one of the blue beads and examined it closely. However, Zhou Yan found that his strength was insufficient to break the bead.
He tried to put his hand into the bead, but it seemed to contain a very dense spiritual energy.
Zhou Yan even felt his internal fighting spirit surging, but he couldn't circulate it.
"What should I do?"
Zhou Yan looked at the blue bead and fell into deep thought. These three beads were treasures he had long dreamed of.
He already possessed a divine artifact, and if he could obtain another treasure, he would have three treasures. His attack power would surely increase significantly. However, he dared not rashly take the other two jade pendants.
"Whoosh~ Whoosh~" Just as Zhou Yan was still troubled, he suddenly noticed that his clothes were slowly melting.
"Holy crap, what's going on? Is there poison here?"
Zhou Yan was startled as he watched his clothes slowly dissolve.
Fortunately, Zhou Yan reacted quickly and immediately ran to the nearby rock wall.
He used his dagger to cut his clothes and then tore off a strip of cloth.
He wrapped it around his wound and then splashed water on it to stop the bleeding.
Then, he simply sat by the rock wall and rested.
"Rumble~ Rumble~"
Zhou Yan had barely rested for a few seconds when the mountain peak suddenly began to shake violently. Zhou Yan quickly fell to the ground and looked at the boulder he had just been sitting on, noticing that countless cracks had appeared on it.
"Disaster! This place is going to collapse. Get out of here quickly."
Seeing this, Zhou Yan immediately prepared to leave. However, at this moment, the entire cave began to shake. Zhou Yan watched the mountain peak sway and then rolled down the slope.
After Zhou Yan rolled down the slope, he breathed a sigh of relief. He stood up, patted his butt, and looked at the valley, saying:
"Damn it, what is this cave for? Why are there so many traps? Could it be that someone established a secret base here?"
With this thought, Zhou Yan decided to leave the area first, as it was too bizarre.
If it truly collapsed, or if he encountered any danger, he would likely be in grave peril.
Zhou Yan climbed down towards the foot of the mountain. After Zhou Yan exited the valley.
He saw a giant beast standing at the entrance of the valley. This beast was covered in fur, resembling a gorilla. Its eyes were green, and it was staring fiercely at Zhou Yan. Moreover, this creature had a large mouth, revealing sharp teeth, looking as if it were about to devour him.
"Roar~!"
Upon seeing Zhou Yan, the giant beast roared at him.
"Roar, what is this?"
Zhou Yan took a step back upon seeing the giant beast. He hadn't expected to find such a creature in the valley. Zhou Yan guessed that this giant beast was probably a demonic beast guarding the area.
"Hmph! I'm not afraid of you. Let's see if your speed is faster, or if my fists are harder."
Zhou Yan sneered and charged towards the giant beast. But after only taking two steps.
The giant beast pounced at him. At the same time, the beast opened its large mouth, and a puff of white smoke sprayed out from it. Upon smelling it, Zhou Yan immediately covered his nose.
"Damn it, it's miasma!" Zhou Yan cursed.
"Bang!" Zhou Yan kicked the giant beast's belly. However, after being kicked, the giant beast remained unfazed, like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water, and continued to charge towards Zhou Yan, then swiped a claw at him.